Denmark at the 2026 Winter Olympics

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IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk/en
Competitors39 (29 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Denmark at the
2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of Denmark
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk/en
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6–22 February 2026
Competitors39 (29 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Jesper Jensen Aabo & Denise Dupont
Flag bearers (closing)Viktor Hald Thorup & Anne de Besche
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Denmark competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Hockey player Jesper Jensen Aabo and curler Denise Dupont were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[1][2] Meanwhile, speed skater Viktor Hald Thorup and biathlete Anne de Besche were the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[3][4]

Viktor Hald Thorup won Denmark's first Winter Olympics medal since 1998, first Winter Olympics medal in an individual discipline, and only second ever Winter Olympics medal in the nation's history.[5]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 123
Bobsleigh 011
Curling 055
Ice hockey 25025
Skeleton 112
Speed skating 101
Total291039

Medallists

The following Danish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverViktor Hald ThorupSpeed skatingMen's mass start21 February

Alpine skiing

Denmark qualified one male and one female alpine skier through the basic quota.[6]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Christian Borgnæs Men's giant slalom 1:17.10 22 1:11.25 15 2:28.35 20
Clara-Marie Holmer Vorre Women's slalom 53.03 49 58.69 43 1:51.72 42

Biathlon

Based on the IBU Qualifying Points list, Denmark qualified three athletes: Ukaleq Slettemark, Sondre Slettemark and Anne de Besche. Ukaleq and Sondre Slettemark compete for Greenland (a constituent country in the Kingdom of Denmark) in the Biathlon World Cup, but as they don't have a National Olympic Committee, Greenlandic athletes compete at the Olympics for Denmark.

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Sondre Slettemark Men's individual 59:44.5 3 (0+2+0+1) 62
Men's sprint 25:59.5 2 (1+1) 60
Men's pursuit 37:41.2 4 (1+0+3+0) 54
Anne de Besche Women's individual 48:11.8 4 (0+1+1+2) 71
Women's sprint 22:07.6 1 (0+1) 16
Women's pursuit 32:31.9 2 (0+2+0+0) 20
Women's mass start 41:18.2 2 (0+0+1+1) 29
Ukaleq Astri Slettemark Women's individual 46:30.4 1 (0+0+0+1) 52
Women's sprint 24:59.0 3 (1+2) 86

Bobsleigh

18 year old Maja Voigt has qualified in monobob. She is the second youngest Dane ever to qualify for the Winter Olympics.[7]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maja Voigt Monobob 1:00.10 8 1:00.16 8 59.70 8 59.89 12 3:59.85 9

Curling

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Madeleine Dupont
Mathilde Halse
Jasmin Holtermann
Denise Dupont
My Larsen		 Women's tournament  CAN
L 4–10		  JPN
W 10–7		  SWE
L 5–6		  KOR
W 6–3		  ITA
W 7–2		  GBR
L 2–7		  USA
L 3–10		  CHN
W 8–7		  SUI
L 4–6		 7 Did not advance

Women's tournament

Denmark qualified a women's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships.[8] Team Madeleine Dupont was selected as the Danish representatives in November 2025.[9]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 – 65 50 45 32 5 14 81.7% 25.806 Playoffs
 United States Tabitha Peterson 9 6 3 2–0 60 54 40 37 3 13 82.1% 34.288
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 6 3 1–1 60 51 35 42 6 4 85.0% 44.338
 Canada Rachel Homan 9 6 3 0–2 76 59 45 38 2 9 80.3% 19.781
 South Korea Gim Eun-ji 9 5 4 1–0 60 53 37 35 8 11 81.2% 23.581
 Great Britain Sophie Jackson 9 5 4 0–1 58 58 36 36 10 8 83.4% 16.938
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 4 5 – 49 58 36 38 3 11 77.0% 37.875
 Japan Sayaka Yoshimura 9 2 7 1–1 51 69 35 43 3 6 78.6% 27.513
 Italy Stefania Constantini 9 2 7 1–1 47 60 34 40 3 4 78.8% 34.719
 China Wang Rui 9 2 7 1–1 56 70 37 39 3 9 82.7% 41.206

Round robin
Denmark had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12.[10]

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Homan) 🔨 2 0 0 1 4 0 3 X X X 10
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 4

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 🔨 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 10
 Japan (Yoshimura) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 7

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 🔨 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 🔨 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 X X 7
 Italy (Constantini) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 7
Monday, 16 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
 Great Britain (Jackson) 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 X X 7

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 United States (Peterson) 🔨 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 X X 10

Draw 10
Wednesday, 18 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 7
 Denmark (Dupont) 🔨 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 🔨 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4

Ice hockey

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rasmus Johansen Men's 56.82 11 56.52 7 56.52 11 56.45 10 3:46.31 11
Nanna Johansen Women's 58.27 18 58.37 20 58.97 22 58.63 21 3:54.24 20
Rasmus Johansen
Nanna Johansen		 Mixed team 1:02.15 14 59.43 10 N/a 2:01.58 12

Speed skating

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